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Proxy photo is difficult as you must use max focal for max ratio, and it becomes difficult to frame the subject (it moves a lot !). And the lens is not at its sharpest !

Olympus 14-42 IIR and 40-150 have slight better IQ on JPEG (less CA for the 14-42, sharper for the 45-150)

Olympus 14-42 EZ is sharper, but AF is less reliable

I'm curious to see the improvement that the DxO module will bring to sharpness, etc. I made some tries with manual corrections and the results are very close to the IQ of the Olympus 14-42 IIR and 40-150 : distortion and CA is easily corrected and sharpness can be significantly improved on the edges.

I don't have much experience of big zooms, but I think the lens presents the usual compromise for this type of lens. Sharpness is good at the most useful range for street or landscape shots (14-90mm). Above, it remains usable especially outdoors for portraits or family shots, where you generally don't mind for absolute sharpness, especially on the edges. You may be ready to shot RAW and apply automatic software corrections (Hurry up DxO !)

AF performance is above average, so it has very good ratio price/size/performance.

It won't replace my Olympus 12-40 when I want to bring back top IQ (on journeys for example), but for family shots and video, it's just right. It is the lens you can let on your body when you don't know in what context you'll take your next shots.